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3. “There shall be no whore(qede-shah– female prostitute) of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite
(qa-desh – male prostitute)of the sons
of Israel, Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for
any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.” (Deuteronomy 23:17-18 KJV).A Qa-desh “male prostitute”
comes from the Hebrew word qa-dash, which means: “to set apart, make holy.”
The word qa-dosh, which means “holy, set apart,” is also from qa-dash. Qa-desh “male prostitute” is generic in
meaning and would refer to either a heterosexual or gay male prostitute. The Aramaic translation translated the Hebrew noun “male prostitute”
also generically but as a verb.

The Aramaic text says: “…and
neither shall there be a manwho prostitutes of the sons of Israel.” Dr. Lamsa however
retained and polished up the KJV translation at these verses in his translation when the Aramaic says something different. The
Aramaic text tells us that the sons of Israel are not to commit prostitution.

Additionally, the KJV translators chose to use the word “sodomite”
for their interpretation of the Hebrew word qa-desh “male prostitute.”
The word sodomite doesn’t mean a prostitute in English, so their translation is deceptive or misleading at the very
least.

The word dog (ce-lev) in this context refers to a male prostitute. The word
dog is also used as a word of contempt and abasement in many places in the Bible (See 1 Sa. 17:43, 24:14; 2 Sa. 9:8;
etc). Since paganism and its male prostitutes were abhorred, the word dog became to mean a “male prostitute.”
Some religionists have tried to find some connection with the word “dog” and homosexuality. However, the NAS Old
Testament Hebrew Lexicon defines “dog” as: dog (literal); contempt or abasement (fig.); of pagan sacrifice or
male cult prostitute (fig.). James Strong defines the word dog to mean: (by euphemism) a male prostitute. Notice that
both those witnesses don’t say that the word dog means a “[homosexual] male prostitute.” The word
homosexual is not to be included with the words “male prostitute” for their definition of ce-lev (or male prostitute). And lastly, the New Jerusalem Bible has a footnote for this verse. That
Bible translation states that the word dog is “a contemptuous term for [a] male prostitute.”

Religious prostitution was probably based on the person's sexual orientation [i.e. hetero, bi or gay] (See Ex. 34:16, etc.).
The word za-nu, meaning "they prostituted," is translated as "whoring"
at Exodus 34:16. But at least some hetero male and female prostitutes had homosexual sex because they were brainwashed to
go against their nature (See Romans Ch. 1). In conclusion, there is no reason to believe that a “dog”
meant exclusively a “homosexual male prostitute.”

When the word sodomite is used as a translation from the Hebrew text, it needs
to be understood as a male prostitute and a pagan minister. Interestingly, the word Sodom doesn't carry any meaning dealing
with homosexuality or anal sex. The word Sodom comes from the Hebrew Sed-om, which means:
to scorch; burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) [Strong’s Exh. Conc. of the Bible]. Our understanding of sodomy
(sodomia) as anal sex is a Latin and English definition which comes from the story of Sodom.

The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive
Concordance of the BibleJames Strong LL. D, S.T.D.